Chandrayaan-2 crosses major landmark with lunar orbit insertion: ISRO Chairman

Dr. Sivan said that ISRO aims for a successful landing at 1.55 AM on 7th September.

The second moon mission of India, the Chandrayaan-2 has been precisely inserted in defined orbit. It reached in defined lunar orbit at 09.02 am today. This was stated by the Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr. K. Sivan, while addressing a press conference after the Lunar Orbit Insertion of Chandrayaan-2, in Bengaluru, today. With this, Chandrayaan-2 has crossed a major landmark, he said.

Dr. Sivan said that ISRO aims for a successful landing at 1.55 AM on 7th September. The soft landing will be near the lunar South Pole. He said that the next major event will be on 2nd September when the lander will be separated from the orbiter. The Chairman said that ISRO is confident about its landing mission. ISRO has done enough stimulations of a soft landing, he added. Chandrayyan-2 will undergo four more maneuvers. The first maneuver will be tomorrow, followed by subsequent maneuvers on 28th August, 30th August, and 1st September. This is ISRO's second moon mission after Chandrayaan-1 in the year 2008. Chandrayaan-2 was launched from Sriharikota on 22nd July this year. It carries an orbiter, 'Vikram' lander and 'Pragyan' rover.

(With Inputs from PIB)